The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-07
DISCUSSING BALFOUR'S BILL.
Gladstone Thinks a Little Reserve on
His Part Will Prove Effective.
Tremendous Uproar at Meeting of the Lib
eral ederation-Preparations for the
Pope's Coming Jubilee-NOtes.
THE COERCION BILL.
A Significant Remark by GIadstone-Upro
in the Liberal Federation.

A Significant Remark by Gladstone-UprOar
in the Liberal Federation.
LONDON. April Cat a meeting in Chelsea to-
night letter was read from Mr.. Gladstone. in
which ne said "Our adversaries have availed
themselves of the fact that have taken large
share in placing the Irish problem as question
of practical politics before the country to plead
that it is personal affair; that it is not true
conviction, and that the people are not in gen.
uine sympathy with the justice of the Irish de-
mands. A little reserve on my part will help
them to be sooner undeceived, and to profit more
effectively by the teaching they already be-
ginning to receve-the teaching of events"
Mr.. Dillon addressed meeting at the Town
Hall in Birmingham this evening. He said he
would rather be twenty times tried at the old
Bailey than by packed jury in Ireland. He
condemned the land bill, which, he said. was
worse than the coercion bill. He declared that
a more monstrous deception had never been at
tempted than to pretend that the land bill was a
remedial measure. 1t was bill, he said, to
facilitate the collections of rack rents and to
simplify evictions.
John Morley addressed an audience of 5000
Liberals at Victoria Hail. in South London to.
nlgnG. ne COdrSeu Ln0 government Win AUS
sianlzing the administration in Ireland and de-
nounced the crimes bill as hateful instrument
of oppression. The measure. he said, was in.
tended lay the tenants at the feet Of the land
lords, who flushed with triumph. would be
spurred on by their own needs to harsh exac-
tions. But the Liberals would not desert the
Irish people.
The council Of the Liberal Federation met in
London to-day. There were numerous delegates
present from the provinces The president, Sir
James Kitson, denounced the policy Of the gov
eminent as brutal. and said that they were try
ing to reduce the Irish to the level of the Hotten
tot He moved that the federation protest
against the coercion bill as retrograde in policy,
tyrannical in principal, and vindctive in detail
Admiral Make reused an uproar by asking
whether the crimes bill was not really An anti
coercion measure. aiming to suppress the shame
full coercion of the National League. He asked
which form of coercion English Liberals should
support. If English Homerulers were conssteu t
about governing Ireland according to Irish ideas
they were bound to let the country go. conced-
ing that absolute independence which the Ma
tionalists wanted
An attempt was made to hiss down the speak
er, but the chairman ruled that the speaker was
in order.
Continuing, the speaker said that this ursut
of the abstract principle of nationasm would
result in the abdication of England's national
responsibility and cause their country to be.
come weak and Insignificant and liable to fall
an easy prey to any adjoining nation that Guilt
waited strength and consolidation while England
cultivated dissolution and decay. The speakers
concluding words were drowned with noise
The presidents motion was approved. as was
also resolution expressing gratitude to NJ r.
Gladstone for his wisdom aud courage in op-
posing coercive measures. The delegates made
arrangements for series Of anti-coercion dem
constructions throughoutthe country.